Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.
| Occupation | Total employment | Mean hourly wage | Mean annual wage |
| All Occupations | 605,800 | $18.79 | $39,090 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 127,630 | $14.70 | $30,570 |
| Sales and related occupations | 75,390 | $18.34 | $38,140 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 54,150 | $9.47 | $19,700 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 43,710 | $15.19 | $31,600 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 33,390 | $17.54 | $36,480 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 32,750 | $28.18 | $58,610 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 32,080 | $21.42 | $44,560 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 31,790 | $30.15 | $62,710 |
| Production occupations | 26,650 | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 25,850 | $18.80 | $39,100 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 20,220 | $11.24 | $23,370 |
| Retail salespersons | 20,010 | $12.62 | $26,260 |
| Customer service representatives | 19,910 | $14.79 | $30,760 |
| Management occupations | 18,060 | $49.77 | $103,520 |
| Cashiers | 16,740 | $8.57 | $17,830 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 14,680 | $12.87 | $26,760 |
| Office clerks, general | 13,770 | $11.82 | $24,590 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 13,540 | $11.01 | $22,910 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 13,450 | $8.08 | $16,800 |
| Protective service occupations | 13,400 | $17.26 | $35,900 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 12,890 | $32.16 | $66,890 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 12,880 | $10.98 | $22,840 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 12,350 | $9.87 | $20,520 |
| Registered nurses | 11,560 | $28.64 | $59,560 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 10,430 | $13.47 | $28,020 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 9,970 | $15.24 | $31,690 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 9,870 | $12.93 | $26,900 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 8,980 | $30.77 | $64,010 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 8,980 | $17.69 | $36,790 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 7,750 | $11.17 | $23,240 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 7,270 | $18.33 | $38,130 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 7,260 | $30.94 | $64,360 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 6,730 | Not available | $44,680 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 6,490 | $23.38 | $48,640 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 6,350 | $11.67 | $24,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 6,340 | $22.99 | $47,820 |
| Community and social services occupations | 6,030 | $18.59 | $38,670 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 5,970 | $25.97 | $54,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 5,650 | $21.29 | $44,290 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 5,630 | $13.63 | $28,340 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 5,610 | $28.60 | $59,490 |
| Security guards | 5,330 | $10.51 | $21,850 |
| Accountants and auditors | 5,290 | $28.44 | $59,140 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 5,010 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 4,870 | $11.30 | $23,500 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 4,870 | $8.91 | $18,520 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 4,850 | $15.63 | $32,520 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 4,690 | $11.93 | $24,810 |
| Food preparation workers | 4,430 | $8.88 | $18,460 |
| Construction laborers | 4,150 | $12.07 | $25,100 |
| Carpenters | 4,140 | $17.89 | $37,220 |
| Legal occupations | 4,100 | $38.82 | $80,740 |
| General and operations managers | 3,980 | $45.20 | $94,020 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 3,930 | $16.70 | $34,730 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 3,880 | $28.51 | $59,300 |
| Bill and account collectors | 3,570 | $14.71 | $30,590 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,560 | Not available | $47,610 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 3,500 | $26.19 | $54,480 |
| Electricians | 3,490 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Management analysts | 3,440 | $34.87 | $72,530 |
| Insurance sales agents | 3,420 | $25.10 | $52,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 3,290 | $14.99 | $31,190 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 3,210 | Not available | $41,580 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 3,190 | $16.88 | $35,110 |
| Telemarketers | 3,150 | $12.32 | $25,630 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 3,030 | $18.89 | $39,290 |
| Teacher assistants | 3,030 | Not available | $22,100 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 2,970 | $14.71 | $30,600 |
| Loan officers | 2,950 | $27.60 | $57,410 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,950 | Not available | $44,490 |
| Medical assistants | 2,860 | $13.57 | $28,230 |
| Dishwashers | 2,840 | $8.18 | $17,020 |
| Child care workers | 2,640 | $9.49 | $19,730 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 2,590 | $8.49 | $17,650 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 2,530 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 2,470 | $10.68 | $22,220 |
| Team assemblers | 2,460 | $12.85 | $26,730 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 2,440 | $12.50 | $26,010 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 2,380 | $14.17 | $29,470 |
| Computer support specialists | 2,340 | $19.41 | $40,370 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,270 | $18.01 | $37,460 |
| Bartenders | 2,240 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Computer systems analysts | 2,180 | $33.05 | $68,740 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 2,160 | $42.41 | $88,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2,100 | $27.92 | $58,070 |
| Lawyers | 2,030 | $55.91 | $116,280 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 1,920 | $41.50 | $86,310 |
| Tellers | 1,910 | $12.48 | $25,960 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 1,900 | $13.55 | $28,190 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,860 | $10.02 | $20,840 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,850 | $8.07 | $16,780 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 1,790 | $39.38 | $81,910 |
| Financial managers | 1,770 | $52.65 | $109,510 |
| Data entry keyers | 1,750 | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 1,750 | $12.65 | $26,310 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,720 | $12.77 | $26,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,710 | $36.79 | $76,530 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 1,690 | $8.25 | $17,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,690 | $26.15 | $54,400 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 1,660 | $8.39 | $17,440 |
| All other information and record clerks | 1,650 | $15.42 | $32,070 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,650 | $9.44 | $19,630 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,640 | $19.33 | $40,210 |
| Recreation workers | 1,630 | $10.04 | $20,890 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 1,620 | $25.75 | $53,560 |
| Sales managers | 1,620 | $60.54 | $125,920 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,610 | $14.51 | $30,170 |
| Managers, all other | 1,610 | $42.43 | $88,240 |
| Computer programmers | 1,600 | $33.80 | $70,300 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,580 | $10.30 | $21,410 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,540 | $8.44 | $17,560 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 1,530 | Not available | Not available |
| Helpers--electricians | 1,510 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 1,500 | $14.44 | $30,030 |
| Fire fighters | 1,470 | Not available | Not available |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,470 | $16.90 | $35,150 |
| Civil engineers | 1,460 | $42.44 | $88,270 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,430 | $11.69 | $24,310 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,380 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Home health aides | 1,330 | $9.81 | $20,400 |
| Real estate sales agents | 1,330 | $18.34 | $38,160 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,320 | Not available | Not available |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 1,320 | $11.10 | $23,090 |
| Chief executives | 1,290 | $80.21 | $166,840 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 1,290 | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 1,250 | $34.61 | $71,980 |
| Personal financial advisors | 1,240 | $33.01 | $68,660 |
| Pharmacists | 1,240 | $48.14 | $100,130 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,240 | $24.90 | $51,780 |
| Dental assistants | 1,210 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Machinists | 1,190 | $18.54 | $38,570 |
| File clerks | 1,180 | $11.63 | $24,180 |
| Order clerks | 1,170 | $13.92 | $28,960 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 1,160 | Not available | $99,840 |
| Cost estimators | 1,150 | $28.01 | $58,260 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 1,150 | $14.09 | $29,310 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,150 | $21.15 | $43,990 |
| Construction managers | 1,140 | $65.11 | $135,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 1,140 | $25.67 | $53,390 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 1,130 | $23.35 | $48,560 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,120 | $21.48 | $44,690 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,110 | $12.86 | $26,750 |
| Sheet metal workers | 1,110 | $18.45 | $38,370 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,100 | $23.12 | $48,080 |
| Medical secretaries | 1,080 | $13.87 | $28,860 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 1,080 | $15.25 | $31,730 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 1,060 | $18.53 | $38,550 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 1,060 | Not available | $45,610 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 1,050 | $18.80 | $39,110 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 1,030 | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,030 | $29.13 | $60,580 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 1,030 | $15.06 | $31,330 |
| Roofers | 1,030 | $15.88 | $33,020 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,030 | $25.11 | $52,230 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 1,020 | $21.05 | $43,780 |
| Legal secretaries | 1,020 | $18.00 | $37,450 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 1,000 | $26.00 | $54,090 |
| Market research analysts | 990 | $26.72 | $55,580 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 980 | $16.68 | $34,700 |
| Public relations specialists | 970 | $27.42 | $57,030 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 950 | $31.24 | $64,980 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 940 | $9.66 | $20,090 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 930 | Not available | $51,540 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 920 | $17.18 | $35,740 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 920 | $15.38 | $32,000 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 920 | Not available | $46,590 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 900 | $19.09 | $39,700 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 890 | $23.04 | $47,930 |
| Food service managers | 890 | $23.41 | $48,700 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 880 | $42.19 | $87,750 |
| Graphic designers | 880 | $18.75 | $39,010 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 870 | $10.98 | $22,850 |
| Pest control workers | 850 | $13.40 | $27,860 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 850 | Not available | $47,500 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 830 | $21.97 | $45,690 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 830 | $21.89 | $45,530 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 820 | $26.45 | $55,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 820 | $20.72 | $43,100 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 820 | $13.57 | $28,220 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 810 | $9.43 | $19,610 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 800 | $91.47 | $190,250 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 790 | $16.29 | $33,880 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 780 | $23.72 | $49,340 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 780 | $20.54 | $42,720 |
| Dental hygienists | 780 | $27.38 | $56,940 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 780 | $9.41 | $19,580 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 780 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 770 | $16.38 | $34,070 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 770 | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 760 | $17.79 | $37,000 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 740 | $23.49 | $48,860 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 730 | Not available | Not available |
| Financial analysts | 720 | $33.95 | $70,620 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 720 | $16.18 | $33,660 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 720 | $14.38 | $29,910 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 710 | $18.48 | $38,450 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 710 | $59.23 | $123,200 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 710 | $19.53 | $40,610 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 710 | $24.77 | $51,520 |
| Coaches and scouts | 700 | Not available | $53,350 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 690 | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 680 | $13.65 | $28,390 |
| Industrial engineers | 670 | $31.67 | $65,880 |
| Physical therapists | 670 | $36.97 | $76,890 |
| Pipelayers | 670 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Advertising sales agents | 660 | $25.22 | $52,450 |
| Credit analysts | 660 | $31.65 | $65,840 |
| Database administrators | 660 | $29.46 | $61,280 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 660 | $12.27 | $25,520 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 660 | $9.64 | $20,060 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 650 | $10.42 | $21,670 |
| Insurance underwriters | 640 | $24.43 | $50,820 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 640 | $13.40 | $27,860 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 630 | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 620 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 620 | $19.41 | $40,380 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 600 | $15.31 | $31,850 |
| Printing machine operators | 600 | $16.42 | $34,150 |
| Social and human service assistants | 600 | $14.59 | $30,340 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 600 | $16.44 | $34,190 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 590 | $11.14 | $23,180 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 590 | $16.24 | $33,790 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 590 | $14.52 | $30,210 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 590 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Operations research analysts | 580 | $25.95 | $53,980 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 580 | $11.69 | $24,310 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 570 | $12.89 | $26,820 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 570 | $24.10 | $50,130 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 560 | $15.13 | $31,460 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 550 | Not available | Not available |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 540 | $28.81 | $59,920 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 540 | $15.55 | $32,330 |
| Engineers, all other | 540 | $39.80 | $82,790 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 540 | $16.27 | $33,840 |
| Librarians | 540 | $24.89 | $51,780 |
| Medical and health services managers | 540 | $43.56 | $90,600 |
| Bakers | 530 | $11.14 | $23,170 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 530 | $23.45 | $48,780 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 530 | $14.66 | $30,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 530 | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 530 | $11.67 | $24,260 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 530 | $18.39 | $38,250 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 530 | $16.65 | $34,620 |
| Instructional coordinators | 520 | $23.45 | $48,780 |
| Sewing machine operators | 520 | $12.30 | $25,580 |
| Administrative services managers | 510 | $44.68 | $92,930 |
| Logisticians | 510 | $32.49 | $67,580 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 500 | $19.91 | $41,410 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 490 | $12.94 | $26,910 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 490 | $17.22 | $35,810 |
| Respiratory therapists | 490 | $22.73 | $47,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 480 | $16.28 | $33,850 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 480 | $29.53 | $61,430 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 470 | $34.48 | $71,710 |
| Surgical technologists | 470 | $17.26 | $35,900 |
| Travel agents | 470 | $15.72 | $32,690 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 460 | $21.26 | $44,220 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 460 | $14.92 | $31,030 |
| Marketing managers | 460 | $53.71 | $111,720 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 460 | $10.74 | $22,340 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 460 | $45.05 | $93,690 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 450 | $9.89 | $20,580 |
| Procurement clerks | 450 | $16.16 | $33,620 |
| Production workers, all other | 450 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Editors | 440 | $21.64 | $45,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 440 | $21.82 | $45,390 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 430 | Not available | $81,890 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 430 | $22.35 | $46,490 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 430 | $10.52 | $21,880 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 410 | $15.65 | $32,540 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 410 | $19.35 | $40,240 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 410 | $31.85 | $66,250 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 400 | $14.91 | $31,000 |
| Real estate brokers | 400 | Not available | Not available |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 400 | $13.81 | $28,720 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 390 | $14.54 | $30,240 |
| Engineering managers | 390 | $54.72 | $113,810 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 380 | $26.77 | $55,670 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 380 | $24.17 | $50,270 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 380 | $25.14 | $52,300 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 380 | $27.34 | $56,870 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 380 | $25.41 | $52,850 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 380 | $19.76 | $41,100 |
| Occupational therapists | 380 | $32.97 | $68,580 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 370 | $24.81 | $51,600 |
| Mental health counselors | 370 | $16.89 | $35,140 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 370 | $14.02 | $29,160 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 360 | $28.89 | $60,080 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 360 | $11.17 | $23,230 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 360 | $16.50 | $34,330 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 360 | $12.81 | $26,640 |
| Residential advisors | 360 | $11.85 | $24,660 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 350 | $13.43 | $27,940 |
| Computer operators | 350 | $18.52 | $38,520 |
| Couriers and messengers | 350 | $10.76 | $22,380 |
| Crane and tower operators | 350 | $19.42 | $40,400 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 350 | $28.97 | $60,270 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 350 | $11.49 | $23,900 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 350 | $15.83 | $32,930 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 350 | $25.95 | $53,980 |
| Family and general practitioners | 340 | $69.66 | $144,890 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 340 | $15.58 | $32,410 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 340 | $10.27 | $21,350 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 330 | $20.82 | $43,300 |
| Cooks, short order | 330 | $9.07 | $18,870 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 330 | $11.54 | $24,010 |
| Mechanical engineers | 330 | $32.80 | $68,230 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 330 | $19.37 | $40,290 |
| Electrical engineers | 320 | $38.22 | $79,490 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 320 | $37.05 | $77,070 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 320 | $11.56 | $24,050 |
| Physician assistants | 320 | $40.53 | $84,300 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 320 | Not available | $50,810 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 320 | $22.26 | $46,300 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 310 | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 310 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Word processors and typists | 310 | $14.12 | $29,370 |
| Brokerage clerks | 300 | $15.34 | $31,910 |
| Parking lot attendants | 300 | $9.32 | $19,390 |
| Photographers | 300 | $15.17 | $31,550 |
| Tax preparers | 300 | $12.78 | $26,570 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 290 | $15.29 | $31,810 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 290 | $11.80 | $24,550 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 290 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Postal service clerks | 290 | Not available | Not available |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 280 | $19.28 | $40,100 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 280 | $17.26 | $35,910 |
| Industrial production managers | 280 | $49.76 | $103,500 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 280 | $13.25 | $27,550 |
| Interior designers | 280 | $18.43 | $38,330 |
| Aerospace engineers | 270 | $38.12 | $79,300 |
| Environmental engineers | 270 | $35.08 | $72,970 |
| Floral designers | 270 | $11.14 | $23,170 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 270 | $10.85 | $22,580 |
| Glaziers | 270 | $18.30 | $38,070 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 270 | $11.76 | $24,460 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels | 260 | Not available | Not available |
| Helpers--roofers | 260 | $11.64 | $24,210 |
| Pharmacy aides | 260 | $9.43 | $19,620 |
| Power plant operators | 260 | $27.56 | $57,320 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 250 | $15.58 | $32,400 |
| Dentists, general | 250 | $70.37 | $146,360 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 250 | $15.33 | $31,880 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 250 | $9.02 | $18,750 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 240 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment | 240 | $19.74 | $41,050 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 240 | $21.21 | $44,110 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 240 | $12.89 | $26,810 |
| Landscape architects | 240 | Not available | Not available |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 230 | $18.57 | $38,630 |
| Producers and directors | 230 | $36.19 | $75,280 |
| Social workers, all other | 230 | $22.59 | $46,980 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 220 | $16.76 | $34,860 |
| Counselors, all other | 220 | $17.35 | $36,090 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 220 | $28.32 | $58,910 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 220 | $24.71 | $51,400 |
| Veterinarians | 220 | $57.60 | $119,810 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | 210 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Library technicians | 210 | $13.25 | $27,550 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 210 | $19.01 | $39,540 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 210 | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 200 | Not available | $73,410 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 200 | $21.51 | $44,740 |
| Funeral attendants | 200 | $8.91 | $18,530 |
| Health educators | 200 | $21.08 | $43,850 |
| New accounts clerks | 200 | $14.32 | $29,780 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 200 | $32.16 | $66,890 |
| Budget analysts | 190 | $29.59 | $61,550 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 190 | $29.65 | $61,670 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 190 | $14.85 | $30,880 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | 190 | $27.43 | $57,040 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 190 | $23.50 | $48,890 |
| Musicians and singers | 190 | $25.18 | Not available |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 190 | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Chemical technicians | 180 | $17.76 | $36,940 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 180 | $36.58 | $76,080 |
| Massage therapists | 180 | $21.42 | $44,560 |
| Mechanical drafters | 180 | $21.14 | $43,980 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 180 | $8.52 | $17,720 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Chemists | 170 | $27.90 | $58,040 |
| Clergy | 170 | $17.44 | $36,270 |
| Interpreters and translators | 170 | $19.68 | $40,940 |
| Surveyors | 170 | $25.01 | $52,030 |
| Therapists, all other | 170 | $28.88 | $60,080 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 160 | $8.84 | $18,390 |
| Bindery workers | 160 | $11.37 | $23,640 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 160 | $12.34 | $25,660 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 160 | $46.25 | $96,200 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 160 | $13.81 | $28,720 |
| Home appliance repairers | 160 | $19.96 | $41,520 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 160 | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Urban and regional planners | 160 | $28.07 | $58,390 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $43,860 |
| Avionics technicians | 150 | $22.07 | $45,910 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 150 | $10.58 | $22,010 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 150 | $11.55 | $24,030 |
| Podiatrists | 150 | $61.47 | $127,860 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 150 | $21.83 | $45,400 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 150 | $12.71 | $26,440 |
| Broadcast technicians | 140 | $19.08 | $39,680 |
| Correspondence clerks | 140 | $10.94 | $22,760 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 140 | $18.75 | $38,990 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | 140 | $12.92 | $26,870 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 140 | $21.23 | $44,150 |
| Logging equipment operators | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Purchasing managers | 140 | $51.03 | $106,150 |
| Radio and television announcers | 140 | $33.35 | $69,360 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 140 | $18.87 | $39,240 |
| Writers and authors | 140 | $22.61 | $47,030 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 130 | $31.51 | $65,540 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 130 | $44.24 | $92,020 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 130 | $20.62 | $42,880 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 130 | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $62,110 |
| Pediatricians, general | 130 | $81.14 | $168,780 |
| Physical therapist aides | 130 | $13.25 | $27,550 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 130 | $18.44 | $38,350 |
| Social and community service managers | 130 | $38.42 | $79,920 |
| Surgeons | 130 | $101.67 | $211,480 |
| Commercial pilots | 120 | Not available | $61,190 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $52,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 120 | $23.36 | $48,580 |
| Food batchmakers | 120 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Law clerks | 120 | $16.19 | $33,680 |
| Millwrights | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 120 | $13.68 | $28,460 |
| Sound engineering technicians | 120 | $15.00 | $31,210 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 120 | $10.58 | $22,010 |
| Training and development managers | 120 | $44.24 | $92,020 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 110 | $56.62 | $117,770 |
| Bookbinders | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 110 | $22.78 | $47,390 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $48,910 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 110 | $17.94 | $37,300 |
| Internists, general | 110 | $97.71 | $203,240 |
| Lay-out workers, metal and plastic | 110 | $16.79 | $34,910 |
| Lodging managers | 110 | $29.73 | $61,830 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $49,830 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 110 | $29.50 | $61,350 |
| Motorboat mechanics | 110 | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Optometrists | 110 | $57.10 | $118,770 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 110 | $12.00 | $24,960 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | 110 | $24.25 | $50,450 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 110 | $20.91 | $43,500 |
| Sales engineers | 110 | $40.46 | $84,160 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 100 | $17.17 | $35,700 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 100 | $35.44 | $73,710 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 100 | $14.30 | $29,740 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $53,750 |
| Plant and system operators, all other | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Public relations managers | 100 | $45.37 | $94,380 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 100 | $16.44 | $34,190 |
| Tool and die makers | 100 | $20.54 | $42,730 |
| Concierges | 90 | $11.83 | $24,600 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 90 | $25.89 | $53,860 |
| Legislators | 90 | Not available | $38,220 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 90 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Skin care specialists | 90 | $23.22 | $48,290 |
| Technical writers | 90 | $22.03 | $45,820 |
| Bailiffs | 80 | $17.68 | $36,780 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 80 | $22.12 | $46,010 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 80 | $16.53 | $34,380 |
| Farm and home management advisors | 80 | $18.38 | $38,230 |
| Financial examiners | 80 | $35.77 | $74,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 80 | $35.64 | $74,130 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 80 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| Furniture finishers | 80 | $11.24 | $23,370 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 80 | $14.34 | $29,830 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 80 | $29.86 | $62,100 |
| Transportation inspectors | 80 | $19.21 | $39,960 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $68,280 |
| Desktop publishers | 70 | $14.51 | $30,170 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 70 | $14.91 | $31,020 |
| Funeral directors | 70 | $21.78 | $45,300 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 70 | $11.15 | $23,180 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 70 | $13.51 | $28,100 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $18.05 | $37,550 |
| Service station attendants | 70 | $11.32 | $23,550 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 70 | $31.00 | $64,490 |
| Woodworkers, all other | 70 | $12.39 | $25,760 |
| Airfield operations specialists | 60 | $22.25 | $46,290 |
| Audiologists | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $45,780 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 60 | $15.57 | $32,380 |
| Marine engineers and naval architects | 60 | $34.47 | $71,710 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 60 | $23.81 | $49,520 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Radiation therapists | 60 | $35.13 | $73,070 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 60 | $13.80 | $28,710 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 60 | $10.08 | $20,970 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 50 | $18.06 | $37,560 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $85,880 |
| Education administrators, all other | 50 | $39.27 | $81,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 50 | $25.15 | $52,320 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers | 50 | $13.19 | $27,440 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 50 | $32.00 | $66,560 |
| Materials engineers | 50 | $48.19 | $100,230 |
| Music directors and composers | 50 | $19.26 | $40,050 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $53,340 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists | 50 | $23.46 | $48,790 |
| Actuaries | 40 | $51.18 | $106,450 |
| Art directors | 40 | $29.99 | $62,380 |
| Communications equipment operators, all other | 40 | $16.14 | $33,570 |
| Dietetic technicians | 40 | $12.21 | $25,390 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $56,270 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 40 | $16.81 | $34,970 |
| Medical appliance technicians | 40 | $18.30 | $38,060 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists | 40 | $42.11 | $87,580 |
| Pile-driver operators | 40 | $16.56 | $34,440 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 40 | $25.72 | $53,500 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $46,880 |
| Chemical engineers | 30 | $30.82 | $64,100 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 30 | $19.85 | $41,280 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | 30 | $18.79 | $39,090 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 30 | $15.49 | $32,210 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 30 | $15.31 | $31,840 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 30 | $13.51 | $28,110 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 30 | $13.99 | $29,110 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | Not available | $18.54 | $38,550 |
| Animal control workers | Not available | $13.36 | $27,800 |
| Athletic trainers | Not available | Not available | $32,690 |
| Biological technicians | Not available | $16.14 | $33,570 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | Not available | $35.47 | $73,770 |
| Computer hardware engineers | Not available | $36.30 | $75,510 |
| Court reporters | Not available | $11.08 | $23,040 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | Not available | $15.47 | $32,180 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | Not available | $17.69 | $36,790 |
| Dentists, all other specialists | Not available | $57.21 | $119,000 |
| Designers, all other | Not available | $19.91 | $41,400 |
| Drafters, all other | Not available | $22.41 | $46,610 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.75 | $26,530 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | Not available | $28.08 | $58,400 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $19.00 | $39,530 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | Not available | $11.52 | $23,950 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $9.79 | $20,360 |
| Etchers and engravers | Not available | $12.19 | $25,360 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $11.21 | $23,320 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $10.65 | $22,140 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles | Not available | $19.18 | $39,900 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | Not available | $14.77 | $30,730 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | Not available | $16.82 | $34,990 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | Not available | $14.57 | $30,310 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $12.67 | $26,350 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | Not available | $11.62 | $24,180 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | Not available | $12.06 | $25,090 |
| Job printers | Not available | $12.32 | $25,620 |
| Law teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $83,950 |
| Loan counselors | Not available | $21.83 | $45,410 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $15.04 | $31,280 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | Not available | $11.23 | $23,360 |
| Motion picture projectionists | Not available | $9.43 | $19,610 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | Not available | $18.14 | $37,730 |
| Natural sciences managers | Not available | $48.65 | $101,190 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | Not available | $14.92 | $31,020 |
| Photographic process workers | Not available | $13.91 | $28,920 |
| Physical scientists, all other | Not available | $41.98 | $87,310 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | Not available | $18.93 | $39,370 |
| Power distributors and dispatchers | Not available | $33.21 | $69,080 |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers | Not available | $15.08 | $31,370 |
| Recreational therapists | Not available | $15.42 | $32,080 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | Not available | $14.68 | $30,540 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | Not available | $14.69 | $30,550 |
| Riggers | Not available | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Sailors and marine oilers | Not available | $13.15 | $27,350 |
| Ship engineers | Not available | $31.79 | $66,120 |
| Social science research assistants | Not available | $19.66 | $40,890 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $19.67 | $40,910 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $19.71 | $40,990 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $14.13 | $29,400 |
| Upholsterers | Not available | $14.70 | $30,590 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $11.42 | $23,760 |
